Colorado College vs. Utah

Colorado College and Utah first met in 1904 and have played 27 times; Utah leads the series 16–⁠11. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Utah 8–⁠2.

Colorado College wins
11
Utah wins
16
Ties
0
First meeting
1904
Longest streak
7 Utah
Current streak
1 Utah
Last 10 meetings
Utah 8–⁠2
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠2
1910s5–⁠4
1920s3–⁠5
1930s0–⁠4
1940s1–⁠1
Average margin
21 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Colorado College
7–⁠7 Colorado College’s record at home
At Utah
9–⁠4 Utah’s record at home
Shutouts
8

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Colorado College’s biggest win1943: Colorado College 64, Utah 0by 64 points
  2. Utah’s biggest win1934: Utah 61, Colorado College 6by 55 points
  3. Upset1921: Utah 14, Colorado College 3Utah had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsColorado CollegeSeriesUtah
1906–⁠1908J.R. Richards2–⁠1Joseph Maddock

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colorado College’s side (Richards 2–⁠1 against Maddock). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colorado College and Utah, 1904 on13001500170019101920193019401950

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1906 game: TIGERS GIVE u" BOYS A SURPRISE Muddy Field Is All That Pre- vents Colorado From Max ing Bigger Score.

    1906 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 14, 1906

  • The Los Angeles herald's story of the 1907 game: FOOTBALL SCORES IN EAST AND WEST

    1907 · Los Angeles herald, Nov 29, 1907

  • The The Salt Lake herald's story of the 1908 game: VARSITY MEETS SECOND DEFEAT Colorado College Has Little Trouble in Beating Utah Score 18 to q.

    1908 · The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], Oct 18, 1908

  • The The Logan Republican's story of the 1912 game: THIRTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE AT ~" TO CELEBRATE VICTORY

    1912 · The Logan Republican, Logan, Utah, Nov 21, 1912

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 11, 1944Utah 21, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Nov 13, 1943Colorado College 64, Utah 0at Colorado College
Oct 6, 1934Utah 61, Colorado College 6at Utah
Oct 1, 1932Utah 54, Colorado College 6at Utah
Nov 7, 1931Utah 28, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Nov 8, 1930Utah 41, Colorado College 6at Utah
Nov 9, 1929Utah 12, Colorado College 3at Colorado College
Nov 3, 1928Utah 27, Colorado College 21at Utah
Nov 14, 1925Utah 20, Colorado College 0at Colorado College
Oct 11, 1924Colorado College 9, Utah 0at Utah
Nov 10, 1923Colorado College 7, Utah 6at Colorado College
Nov 4, 1922Utah 20, Colorado College 7at Utah
Oct 22, 1921Utah 14, Colorado College 3at Colorado College
Oct 16, 1920Colorado College 20, Utah 2at Colorado College
Oct 11, 1919Utah 20, Colorado College 0at Utah
Oct 27, 1917Colorado College 21, Utah 0at Colorado College
Nov 30, 1916Colorado College 21, Utah 6at Utah
Nov 6, 1915Colorado College 27, Utah 7at Colorado College
Oct 17, 1914Colorado College 46, Utah 7at Utah
Oct 18, 1913Utah 7, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Nov 16, 1912Utah 43, Colorado College 0at Utah
Nov 11, 1911Utah 18, Colorado College 6at Colorado College
Oct 22, 1910Colorado College 21, Utah 17at Utah
Oct 17, 1908Colorado College 18, Utah 4at Colorado College
Nov 28, 1907Utah 13, Colorado College 10at Utah
Oct 13, 1906Colorado College 6, Utah 0at Colorado College
Nov 24, 1904Utah 43, Colorado College 0at Utah

Every game is listed as played on the field.